Interesting read

[Joshkcupra]

Found this and thought it was an interesting read, would you guys be pissed if you bought a new car and it had been sat in a field for months on end?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-16/where-worlds-unsold-cars-go-die

 

[kazand]

Found this and thought it was an interesting read, would you guys be pissed if you bought a new car and it had been sat in a field for months on end?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-16/where-worlds-unsold-cars-go-die

Google 'Lancia in UK' same thing years ago. I'd take that story with a large pinch of salt, regarding the pictures taken at UK docks, I've no idea how many cars a transporter ship can carry but it'll be a not insignificant number. So either loading or unloading there will always be a lot of cars stored somewhere. As for the Spanish pics, both current and previous Leon have/had dates on component parts indicating build dates only just prior to delivery to UK.

 

[leonmk2cupra]

Found this and thought it was an interesting read, would you guys be pissed if you bought a new car and it had been sat in a field for months on end?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-16/where-worlds-unsold-cars-go-die

Interesting but would take anything from zerohedge with a shove of salt. He/those behind have a massive axe to grind for whatever reason and have very biased articles.

 

[old 'uns]

original article was by Vince Lewis...another waste of space

'UPDATE: Currently May 16th, 2014, all of these cars at the Nissan Sunderland test track have disappeared? Now I don't believe they have all suddenly been sold. I would guess they may have been taken away and recycled to make room for the next vast production run.'

ye......right!
a lot of the pictures are old, the Upper Heyford - i think referred as old US base-one is not new cars but majority are either lease vehicles going out or being returned.
If there are a lot of Rovers on it it was where they stored them after going belly-up


not exactly Leon mk2 specific either

 

[Crafoo]

I don't understand why manufacturers would continue to produce cars if they have thousands sat in a field that have no buyers.

I remember visiting the Toyota factory in Derby and the guy who was showing us round was telling us that all the cars we saw being built already had buyers, not sure how true that was but I'm sure they wouldn't keep producing cars on mass if they couldn't shift them.

 

[betty_swollox]

I don't understand why manufacturers would continue to produce cars if they have thousands sat in a field that have no buyers.

I remember visiting the Toyota factory in Derby and the guy who was showing us round was telling us that all the cars we saw being built already had buyers, not sure how true that was but I'm sure they wouldn't keep producing cars on mass if they couldn't shift them.

I think certain cars will be massed produced regardless, like the qashqai, focus, Clio etc, all the popular ones, but can imagine quite a few of them are built to order


How many people will want a poverty spec leon compared to a 280bhp cupra?

 

[Wimbledonian]

How many people will want a poverty spec leon compared to a 280bhp cupra?

Well, just under 10% of all Leons currently on the road are Cupra's of some description.

So lots of people looking for a cheap, dependable and good-looking runabout will choose a SEAT.

 

[AlexK1]

I work for Peugeot and about 5-6 years ago we had a good shipment of at least 10 cars that we had to change all the brakes on as they had been sat in a field in France for months. It does happen!


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[mike0105]

How many people will want a poverty spec leon compared to a 280bhp cupra?

90% of buyers want value and economy. I bet loads of 1.6TDI and 1.2TSI models will be sold with FR extras added. It seems these days it does not matter if you have to trousers to match the mouth.... Monte Carlo spec Skodas are a great example, so popular that they aren't even going to make a new Fabia Vrs.

 

[betty_swollox]

Well, just under 10% of all Leons currently on the road are Cupra's of some description.

So lots of people looking for a cheap, dependable and good-looking runabout will choose a SEAT.

90% of buyers want value and economy. I bet loads of 1.6TDI and 1.2TSI models will be sold with FR extras added. It seems these days it does not matter if you have to trousers to match the mouth.... Monte Carlo spec Skodas are a great example, so popular that they aren't even going to make a new Fabia Vrs.

Lol it was a rhetorical question, think everyone knows the answer to that one

 

[unsheenashashin]

Are all the cars in the UK pics defo new? Look a lot like the pics they showed on top gear when the government scrappage scheme was on the go.